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Send logs to Datadog

Datadog

The Datadog output plugin allows to ingest your logs into Datadog.

Before you begin, you need a Datadog account, a Datadog API key, and you need to activate Datadog Logs Management.

Configuration Parameters

Key Description Default
Host Required - The Datadog server where you are sending your logs. http-intake.logs.datadoghq.com
TLS Required - End-to-end security communications security protocol. Datadog recommends setting this to on. off
compress Recommended - compresses the payload in GZIP format, Datadog supports and recommends setting this to gzip.
apikey Required - Your Datadog API key.
Proxy Optional - Specify an HTTP Proxy. The expected format of this value is http://host:port. Note that https is not supported yet.
provider To activate the remapping, specify configuration flag provider with value ecs.
json_date_key Date key name for output. timestamp
include_tag_key If enabled, a tag is appended to output. The key name is used tag_key property. false
tag_key The key name of tag. If include_tag_key is false, This property is ignored. tagkey
dd_service Recommended - The human readable name for your service generating the logs (e.g. the name of your application or database). If unset, Datadog will look for the service using Service Remapper."
dd_source Recommended - A human readable name for the underlying technology of your service (e.g. postgres or nginx). If unset, Datadog will look for the source in the ddsource attribute.
dd_tags Optional - The tags you want to assign to your logs in Datadog. If unset, Datadog will look for the tags in the `ddtags' attribute.
dd_message_key By default, the plugin searches for the key 'log' and remap the value to the key 'message'. If the property is set, the plugin will search the property name key.

Configuration File

Get started quickly with this configuration file:

[OUTPUT]
    Name        datadog
    Match       *
    Host        http-intake.logs.datadoghq.com
    TLS         on
    compress    gzip
    apikey      <my-datadog-api-key>
    dd_service  <my-app-service>
    dd_source   <my-app-source>
    dd_tags     team:logs,foo:bar

Troubleshooting

403 Forbidden

If you get a 403 Forbidden error response, double check that you have a valid Datadog API key and that you have activated Datadog Logs Management.